René I de Rohan, (1516–1552) 18th Viscount of Rohan, Viscount and Prince de Léon, and Marquis de Blain married

Isabella of Navarre Isabella of Navarre (1395 – 31 August 1450) was the younger surviving daughter of Charles III of Navarre and his wife Eleanor of Castile (d. 1416), Eleanor of Castile. She was a member of the House of Évreux. Early life and family Shortly be ...

daughter of

jure uxoris ''Jure uxoris'' (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife"), citing . describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title ''suo jure'' ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could becom ...

King

John III of Navarre John III (french: Jean d'Albret; 1469 – 14 June 1516) was ''jure uxoris'' King of Navarre from 1484 until his death, as husband and co-ruler with Queen Catherine. He was a son of Alain I, Lord of Albret and his wife Frances, Countess of Péri ...

and

Catherine of Navarre Catherine ( eu, Katalina, oc, Catarina; 1468 – 12 February 1517), Queen of Navarre, reigned from 1483 until 1517. She was also Duchess of Gandia, Montblanc, and Peñafiel, Countess of Foix, Bigorre, and Ribagorza, and Viscountess of Béarn. ...

, Queen of Navarre.

Life

René I was the son of Pierre II de Rohan and Anne de Rohan, who upon her death transmitted the titles of her brother, Jacques de Rohan, who died without heirs. Queen Margaret of Navarre, sister of

Francis I of France Francis I (french: François Ier; frm, Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once ...

served as Guardian of René I de Rohan, and arranged for René I de Rohan to marry her sister-in-law Isabella. This introduced Protestantism into the

House of Rohan The House of Rohan ( br, Roc'han) is a Breton people, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan (commune), Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët ...

. A family who would fight on Protestant side in the

Huguenot rebellions The Huguenot rebellions, sometimes called the Rohan Wars after the Huguenot leader Henri de Rohan, were a series of rebellions of the 1620s in which French Calvinist Protestants (Huguenots), mainly located in southwestern France, revolted agains ...

. René I de Rohan died in 1552 fighting on the German frontier during the Siege of Metz.

Children

René I de Rohan and Isabella of Navarre had: *

Françoise de Rohan Françoise de Rohan (1535 – 1 December 1591) was a French duchess and courtier. She served as lady-in-waiting to queen Catherine de' Medici. Life Françoise was the daughter of René I de Rohan and Isabel d'Albret of Navarre. She was the grandd ...

, married to Jacques de Savoie, duc de Nemours * Louis de Rohan, seigneur de Gié *

Henri I, Viscount of Rohan Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ...

, 19th Viscount of Rohan, married Françoise of Tournemine * Jean de Rohan, married Diane of Barbançon * René II, de Rohan, 20th Viscount of Rohan, married Catherine of Parthenay

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